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The Life of Thomas Dekker (1570?-1632) - Luminarium!

Of Dekker's life, nothing is known for certain before when his name appears in entries in Philip Henslowe's Diary. Even though Dekker had a steady stream of work with Henslowe, he was frequently in debt.

Thomas Dekker | English Playwright, Poet & Satirist

He was imprisoned for debt briefly in the Poultry Counter in , and by the King's Bench,
Dekker was a prolific writer, having part in some 50 plays over his career&#;only twenty of these, as well as some masques, have survived. The earliest of these is Old Fortunatus (?), a tale of the misfortunes of a beggar and his sons after they choose riches from among Fortune's offers.

The second play, his most well-known, and his masterpiece, is The Shoemaker's Holiday (). It takes place in London and provides a variety of vivid, ebullient portraits of Londoners and their daily life. The Shoemaker's Holiday had the honor of being performed for Queen Elizabeth on New Year, The play enjoyed such popularity in its own t